The best pictures from a sensational knockout fixture which began after a one hour storm delay
Continue reading...The best pictures from a sensational knockout fixture which began after a one hour storm delay
Continue reading...Duterte – the daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte – has previously denied charges against her
The impeachment trial of Philippine vice-president Sara Duterte begins Monday, in a case that will determine whether she can run for the presidency in 2028, and which comes amid rising public anger over alleged government corruption.
Sara Duterte is the daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte, who is awaiting trial for alleged crimes against humanity at The Hague. She is facing allegations she misused public funds, amassed unexplained wealth, bribed officials and threatened the lives of the nation’s president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, and the first lady. She has previously denied the allegations.
Continue reading...Coach calls it ‘greatest day’ in country’s football history
Neymar appears to announce Brazil retirement
Ståle Solbakken called it “the greatest day in Norwegian football history” while Erling Haaland labelled it one of “the sickest”. One thing is for certain, however: Norway are through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time after deservedly beating Brazil.
A late double from Haaland decided the contest, with the final score 2-1, and immediately caused chaos back home. Tens of thousands took to the streets of Oslo in the early hours to celebrate, including an impromptu gathering at the royal palace, where fans were greeted by Crown Prince Haakon, who was wearing a Norway scarf.
Continue reading...Race to develop ‘embodied AI’ focuses on creating dextrous hands to transform humanoid robots from gimmicks into useful products
Human hands – nimble, nerve-filled appendages that are the most flexible part of the human skeleton – are exceptionally complex. Many tasks that most people can do largely without thinking, from tying a pair of shoelaces to buttoning up a shirt, in fact require a complex set of neurological instructions and precise choreography. In thousands of years of human history, no machine has been able to truly replicate human’s greatest tool.
But now, as artificial intelligence (AI) races forwards, some companies think they are close to surpassing this final but most difficult hurdle in robotics. Most of them are in China.
Continue reading...The surprise move deeming the US striker eligible to play came after the American president reached out to the governing body to appeal for the change
Donald Trump has been conspicuous by his absence so far at the World Cup, but unusually he may have been making his presence felt behind the scenes with some quiet diplomacy.
In addition to failing to attend a game, despite the USA’s impressive progress to the last 16, Trump had not mentioned the tournament on social media since offering some bland recognition of record attendance figures on 28 June. All that changed on Sunday when he took to Truth Social to thank Fifa for its highly unusual decision to overturnsuspend striker Folarin Balogun’s suspensionban from Monday’s last-16 tie against Belgium.
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KYIV (ANP) - De Oekraïense autoriteiten melden Russische raketaanvallen op de hoofdstad Kyiv in de nacht van zondag op maandag. "De vijand valt aan met ballistische raketten", schreef Tymur Tkachenko, hoofd van het militaire bestuur van de Oekraïense hoofdstad, op Telegram.
Burgemeester Vitali Klitsjko liet weten dat de luchtverdediging in actie is gekomen en dat er een woongebouw getroffen is. "Er zitten mensen vast op de zevende tot en met de negende verdieping", aldus Klitsjko op Telegram. Over slachtoffers is nog niets bekend. Een journalist van het AFP zegt "meer dan tien explosies" te hebben gehoord toen het luchtalarm afging.
De burgemeester van Moskou, Sergej Sobjanin, meldt dat een aantal drones is neergehaald die onderweg waren naar de Russische hoofdstad. Ook op andere plekken in Rusland wordt melding gemaakt van onderschepte drones. En de stad Sebastopol, op het door Rusland geannexeerde schiereiland Krim, zit zonder stroom als gevolg van een Oekraïense aanval op de energie-infrastructuur, zo heeft de lokale gouverneur bekendgemaakt.